President Donald Trump reportedly wants his name on New York’s Penn Station and Dulles Worldwide Airport in Washington, D.C.
Trump informed Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) that he can be keen to launch federal funding for the Gateway tunnel undertaking ― which the president froze last year ― in return for renaming the 2 transit hubs after him, in accordance with a narrative first reported by Punchbowl News and later confirmed by CNN and NBC, amongst others.
Trump has used his identify as a model for many years, particularly on his actual property initiatives and golf golf equipment. However since returning to the White Home, he’s been attempting to drive his identify onto a much wider vary of pursuits. He’s introduced a brand new “Trump class” of U.S. battleships, a TrumpRx prescription drug portal, and even funding accounts for youngsters known as Trump Accounts.
Trump even added his identify to the U.S. Institute of Peace building and the John F. Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts. After artists objected to the latter and canceled their performances on the venue, the president announced a two-year shutdown for renovations.
Now, Trump is reportedly attempting to make beforehand permitted funds for the Gateway undertaking contingent on including his identify to extra locations.
Schumer has reportedly rejected the supply.
“The president stopped the funding, and he can restart the funding with a snap of his fingers,” an unnamed supply near Schumer informed NBC.
A number of different lawmakers additionally fired again:
Different critics mocked Trump for even wanting his identify on a pair of not-exactly-beloved transit hubs:
And nonetheless others mocked the president for holding up a large infrastructure undertaking ― and all the roles concerned ― due to his personal ego:
